Star Wars Outpost

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Step into this intergalactic outpost hidden among the dense foliage of distant moons. Resembling Yavin, Kashyyyk, or Endor, this forested port proves an unusual and somehow inviting shift from the Villa’s jungles. If entering the Outpost from the park’s hub, you’d instead pass an interstellar lighthouse and a towering (relocated) AT-AT that set the forested stage for the land. With treehouses above and a galactic village below, this land is foreign, yet familiar.

Relocated to the forested waterside entry of the land. Click for source.

The starring attraction continued to be the unstoppable Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, an out-of-this-world flight simulator through the Star Wars universe. With more than fifty combinations of flight plans, every ride on Star Tours is different.

Across the forested plaza is the Jedi Temple, home to the Jedi Training Academy, where young Padawans can take hold of a lightsaber and test their skills alongside Jedi Masters in an interactive show.

Ready to meet Yoda? © Disney / Lucasfilm

There’s also the Cantina Outpost Restaurant where a lively alien band serenades diners as they feast on intergalactic delicacies. Then, step into the unforgettable Yoda Experience. Using the digital puppetry technology of Epcot’s Turtle Talk, this once-in-a-lifetime encounter provides Padawans young and old with the rare opportunity to seek guidance from the Jedi Master himself…. And Yoda may have a few questions for you, too…

Muppet Studios

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It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights! Anything can happen at Muppet Studios (the only studio-themed area left in the park) where Jim Henson’s cavalcade of creatures runs the show. From the hub, Muppet Studios is accessed via a tree-lined studio pathway past the Hollywood & Dine quick service eatery and then passing under the magnificent Muppet Studios arch. Just beyond is Gonzo’s Sci-Fi Dine In Theater, where the Great Gonzo has cast his Muppet pals to create some out-of-this-world sci-fi film trailers (interspersed among the restaurant’s classics). Just imagine it… dining under the stars with a pig and a frog on the screen. A romantic date night for any couple.

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Further on, Muppet Studios gives way to a real New York City set. Behind the glittering Statue of Liberty (who has sprung a few leaks... maybe it’s because Miss Piggy doesn’t fit well in the dress) is Muppet*Vision 4D, a hilarious new musical adventure hosted by Kermit, Piggy, Rolf, and the gang as they manage to destroy the elegant theater from the inside out.

Just across the street is Pete’s Luncheonette, the swanky 50s diner that played host to the Muppet’s misadventures in The Muppets Take Manhattan. Down a hilariously graffitied New York alley is the not-so-well-guarded entrance to Dr. Bunson Honeydew’s secret laboratory. Kermit invited some of the world’s most well-reknowned scientists to do their research at Muppet Labs! Unfortunately, none of them showed up. Muppet Labs is an interactive exhibit that’s half Epcot’s ImageWorks and half Innoventions with a hint of madness and music thrown in. Fans will appreciate the Rainbow Connection Corridor, a recreation of a famous Epcot landmark.

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The grandest sight of all, though, is the marvelous Muppet Theater with its flashing incandescent marquee and sparking electrical wires. Step inside for a walking tour through the theater’s control room (where Beaker is having no luck keeping the lights on) and into Miss Piggy’s dressing room (do you smell bacon coming from that hair dryer?) before boarding an Omnimover for a frantic descent into the history of movies as only The Great Muppet Movie Ride can offer. From Fozzie’s Frankenstein to the dizzying Pigs In Space, there is only one way to end such a fabulous Muppet adventure: a musical number on stage.

Metroville

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Heading out of the Muppet’s comical New York studio, all roads lead to Metroville, the bustling pop city that’s home to the Incredibles… er… the Parrs. The streets of Metroville are always abuzz with activity (including daily streetmosphere demonstrations by the town’s would-be villains, always thwarted by their own illusions of grandeur).

You can Meet the Incredibles just downtown, then step into the still-steaming exploded wall of the First Metroville Bank to board Edna Mode’s Incredi-arm Invention. It's the best way to get in on The Incredible Adventure, a breathtaking ride through a new and original superhero caper. This 21st century dark ride (featuring a KUKA Robo-Arm conveyance) sends us sidekicks alike on a soaring, unbelievable adventure to save the day once and for all.

Spin through the Omnidroid-infested jungle. © Disney / Pixar

Around the corner and a world away is Syndrome’s Island, home to the Omnidroid Attackbots family roller coaster. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: board Edna's new spinning Attackbots, programmed to seek out Syndrome's Omnidroids and make sure they get... well... tangled up. Aboard this coaster, each car spins wildly as it blasts through the jungle, narrowly escaping the steam-blasting claws of the Omnidroid. If you can outwit the mechnical villain, you'll get a nice view of the tangled, knotted bot tripping over itself at the ride's climax.